# US 9,517,180 B2 · Apparatus and method for non-intravenously administering a medication

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- Number: US 9,517,180 B2
- Document ID: US9517180B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/748,720
- Filed: 2015-06-24
- Published: 2015-10-15
- Granted: 2016-12-13
- Earliest claimed: 2012-01-18
- Assignees: Xerox Corporation
- Applicants: Xerox Corporation
- Inventors: Frank M. Goetz; Paul R. Austin
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9517180B2

## CPC

- G16H 20/17: delivered via infusion or injection
- A61J 1/22: with means for metering the amount of fluid
- A61J 7/0409: {with timers}
- A61J 7/0427: {with direct interaction with a dispensing or delivery system}
- A61J 7/0463: {for multiple patients}
- A61J 7/0481: {working on a schedule basis}
- A61M 5/178: Syringes
- B65B 3/003: {Filling medical containers such as ampoules, vials, syringes or the like}
- A61J 7/0418: {with electronic history memory}
- A61J 7/0454: {for dispensing of multiple drugs}
- A61J 2200/30: Compliance analysis for taking medication
- A61M 2205/3303: Using a biosensor
- A61M 2205/52: with memories providing a history of measured variating parameters of apparatus or patient
- A61M 2209/045: for filling, e.g. for filling reservoirs
- G16H 20/13: delivered from dispensers
- G16H: HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING OR PROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA
- A61J: CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
- A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)}
- B65B: MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING (bundling and pressing devices for cigars A24C1/44; devices for tensioning and securing binders adapted to be supported by the article or articles to be bound B25B25/00; applying closure members to bottles, jars or similar containers B67B1/00-B67B6/00; concurrent cleaning, filling and closing of bottles B67C7/00; emptying bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels or similar containers B67C9/00)

## Abstract

An apparatus for storing and dispensing a medication, including: a cartridge including a cavity for storing a first orally-administered or injectable medication for a patient; and a module, including a specially-programmed computer. The specially-programmed computer: attached to the cartridge, and arranged to: automatically generate or modify a medication regimen, including designation of a measure for the first orally-administered or injectable medication, for the patient by using information regarding a second medication, different from the first medication, prescribed for the patient, or real time physiological data for the patient; and transmit instructions to a medication device to extract the first orally-administered or injectable medication from the cartridge and non-intravenously dispense, into a container, an amount of the first orally-administered or injectable medication equal to the designated measure or the modified designated measure.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An apparatus for storing and dispensing a medication, comprising:
a cartridge including a cavity for storing a first orally-administered or injectable medication for a patient; and,
a module, including a specially-programmed computer, the specially-programmed computer:
attached to the cartridge; and,
arranged to:
automatically generate or modify a medication regimen, including designation of a measure for the first orally-administered or injectable medication, for the patient by using:
information regarding a second medication, different from the first medication, prescribed for the patient; or,
real time physiological data for the patient; and,
transmit instructions to a medication device to:
extract the first orally-administered or injectable medication from the cartridge; and,
non-intravenously dispense, into a container, an amount of the first orally-administered or injectable medication equal to:
the designated measure; or,
the modified designated measure.

### Claim 2

An apparatus for storing and dispensing a medication, comprising:
a cartridge including a cavity for storing an orally-administered or injectable medication for a patient; and,
a module, including a specially-programmed computer, the specially-programmed computer:
attached to the cartridge; and,
arranged to:
modify:
a dosage for the orally-administered or injectable medication; and,
a constraint related to administration of the dosage; and,
transmit instructions to a medication device to:
extract the orally-administered or injectable medication from the cartridge; and,
non-intravenously dispense, into a container, an amount of the orally-administered or injectable medication equal to the modified dosage, wherein the constraint is selected from the group consisting of considerations of food or drink previously consumed by the patient, considerations of food or drink to be consumed by the patient following administration of the first orally-administrable or injectable medication, and a time at which the second medication was last taken or will next be taken.

### Claim 3

An apparatus for storing and dispensing a medication, comprising:
a cartridge including a cavity for storing a first orally-administered or injectable medication for a patient; and,
a module, including a specially-programmed computer, the specially-programmed computer:
attached to the cartridge; and,
arranged to:
calculate or modify, a dosage for the first orally-administered or injectable medication and a constraint related to administration of the dosage by using a specific point in time at which a previous dosage of the first orally-administered or injectable medication was administered, information regarding a second medication, different from the first medication, prescribed for the patient, or real time physiological data for the patient; and,
transmit instructions to a medication device to:
extract the orally-administered or injectable medication from the cartridge; and,
non-intravenously dispense, into a container, an amount of the first orally-administered or injectable medication equal to:
the designated measure; or,
the modified designated measure, wherein the specific point in time is not a time span between second and third specific points in time.